Kitchen makeovers you can do
Here are just a few of the ways that readers have transformed their kitchen - without spending a lot of money and mostly on a do-it-yourself basis...
We moved into the house in early 2008. Sometime in 2010 I started to remodel the kitchen after work during evenings and on the weekends.
Did everything myself except had the granite installed. Pretty much gutted the entire kitchen (removed all cabinet and took it down to sub floor and slowly redid everything inside out.
Wanted a kitchen that looked clean and modern, but not too modern.
So I guess a modern/transitional type look. I'm happy with how everything turned out! Especially when I look at the before picture!
A drab white and orange kitchen receives a paint makeover that transforms a dull space to a fresh, white, modern kitchen.
If you're tired of your kitchen paint offers the easiest way to refresh and renew.
Remove doors and fittings, take them outside and apply two coats of Rust-Oleum 2X Painter's Touch - a new kitchen in a weekend!
Pine panelling and peeling linoleum provide the perfect ingredients for a kitchen makeover.
With affordable and clever solutions we'll show you how to create a kitchen that's as much about living well as eating well.
For the counters, Henderson chose CaesarStone, a durable quartz that delivers the look of marble without the high price tag or tendency to scratch.
Outfitted with casters and paint, the kitchen table becomes a roving workstation, eliminating the need for a fixed island.
Installing flooring can be a snap. These engineered maple planks click together like puzzle pieces and come prepainted.
Everything in its place: Drawer organizers keep utensils tidy.
Above the sink, reclaimed oak shelving in lieu of cabinets makes the room feel airier — and unloading the dishwasher is a cinch.
Store bought pine cupboards are given a custom look with nickel drawer pulls. The money saved on expensive cabinetry went toward a showstopper farmhouse-style sink with a brass faucet, and stainless steel appliances.
Cool kitchen furniture can be scavenged from the unlikeliest of places, including restaurant- and office-supply stores.
The kitchen is 'L' shaped and quite narrow, with tall cabinets installed on the left wall and no floating cabinets on the other walls to help open up the area. The original kitchen was in such a poor state. The laminate cabinets were chipping and lifting off and bits of particle board would fall off all over the items stored within.
The homeowners has always loved the look of white kitchens with white bench tops and choose antique white polyurethane cabinets with matching Caesarstone countertop.
Taken from a different angle, the new extraction hood creates an instant feature when walking into the room. Instead of a glass splashback they opted for dusty pink brick tiles that have a slight metallic sheen to them. The house is a cottage home and they felt a glass splashback would look too contemporary. Finances played a factor too.
This old-style kitchen gets a modern revamp that takes it from dark wood to crisp white cabinets, creating an open space that is bright, light and fresh.
Shaker-style floor cabinets are topped off with black granite countertops. The dark floor is sanded and stained in an antique oak.
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